Steak in Italy

We blundered into this restaurant in Codogne, Italy thinking of real Italian food.  We got a delightful surprise.  We are learning that in Italy a ristorante is a formal full service dining establishment with an extensive menu and wine list. A trattoria is less formal with simpler dishes and more likely family-run. Osterias are places that have brief menus focusing on simple regional dishes and local wines. A taverna is really informal and low-key and is more about drinks than food. This place was an osteria in the front and a ristorante in the back.
 

The menu was in Italian, of course, so we translated it on our phones.  It was a high end steak place featuring Angus meat.  They also had a filet of Kangaroo! We clarified with the waitress and sure enough they served kangaroo meat. We passed on that because it's in the same category as eating horse meat or bunnies.

It was decorated in typical Italian style....baroque complete with statues, gold curly cue trimming with gold accents. There was also a touch of miscellaneous collections like a French clock above the door.

The ristorante had a large wine collection that lined the walls. Rick loves studying wine so he was in heaven looking at the wine collection.

 

 And the food was excellent. The steak with mushroom sauce was sooo tender and tasty, add salad, fried potatoes, and a cold bean salad. And Tiramisu for dessert.